| | 1429 | Battle of Patay. Joan of Arc and the Duc d'Alencon defeat English in retreat from the siege of Orleans. |
| | 1643 | Battle of Chalgrove Field. Cavalry skirmish between Royalists and Parliamentarians whose leader, John Hampden, was killed. |
| | 1757 | Battle of Kolin. Frederick the Great defeated by Austrians in a bloodbath. |
| | 1793 | Horatio Hornblower's mentor, Sir Edward Pellew commanding Nymphe captured French frigate La Cleopatra. |
| | 1812 | War of 1812 begins. |
| | 1815 | Battle of Waterloo, Napoleon defeated. |
| | 1864 | Battle of Lynchburg. Federal assault rebuffed by Confederates. |
| | 1937 | Republican forces abandoned the city of Bilbao during the Spanish Civil War. |
| | 1954 | With the help of the C.I.A., Colonel Carlos Armas deposed Guatemalan President Arbenz, |